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Macris was already running late. The invitation issued to guests was for an 8pm start. "We believe in keeping you safe," the company's motto, written in bold, said.
John Macris and his wife Victoria Karyda on their wedding day in Mykonos.
But it would be Macris' own safety at issue that night. He has planned to arrive for the ceremony in a low-key way in a Smart car, a Lamborghini and white Range Rover.
Macris' house has two secure garages but it was the decision to take his smallest car, parked outside the street, that exposed him to the hitman who approached Macris was inside the vehicle.
Macris struggled to survive, which was still visible on the footpath when Fairfax Media visited 24 hours after the attack.
CCTV cameras on the Macris house captured images of the man believed to have shot the Australian underworld figure.Credit:Latika Bourke
Macris died and the gunman left on foot. Police recovered six bullet casings. Downtown, the celebration was hastily canceled.
Police are now examining the CCTV footage to determine if the gunman was alone and how he escaped.
Members of Macris' family and friends entered the house through Thursday. His widow Viktoria Karyda, a model and a star of the reality television show My Style Rocks, told the media she did not want to comment.
Blood stains on the road John Macris was shot by a gunman.Credit:Latika Bourke
Karyda was modeling for well-known Greek designer Kathy Heindel when her husband of two years was killed.
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She was on the catwalk on the roof of one of Greece's best known shopping malls.
Macris' father, Stelios, 82, was the first to arrive at the crime scene.
An autopsy on Macris' body was carried out by Hara Spiliopoulou at the University of Athens coroner's office on Thursday.
Greek mafia kingpin, Vagelis Zabounis, was shot goal survived.
Despite his notoriety as a gangland identity in Australia, Macris had a clean record in Greece, where he was the father of two children, a boy and a girl.
Greek press reported the children and Macris' mother were inside the house when he was killed.
Latika Bourke is a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age based in London. She has previously worked for Fairfax Media, the ABC and 2UE in Canberra. Latika won the Walkley Award for Young Australian Journalist of the Year in 2010.
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